Not exactly just up the street

"The Grand Manor," they're calling it this year, this year being the thirty-third in which the Oklahoma City Orchestra League is presenting a Designers Show House. The 2006 edition, like many of its predecessors, is in Nichols Hills; you'll find it at 1504 Huntington Avenue, east of Pennsylvania, overlooking Kite Park.

The house was built in 1935 and expanded over the years from about 4500 to (per the County Assessor) 10,775 square feet. (I mention this latter figure, partly because it's astounding, but also because my entire wedge of land is just over 11,000 square feet. Then again, the Show House, unlike my yard, is two stories.)

The Show House opens next Monday. I enjoy stuff like this because (1) occasionally I can pilfer a decorating idea, since I am apparently unable to come up with any on my own, and (2) I get to give thanks that I don't have to clean all of it. Besides, proceeds (admission is $15, $12 in advance) benefit the Orchestra League and ultimately the Philharmonic, which can always use the bucks.

Posted at 11:20 AM to City Scene